Manual of Seamanship, Volume 3H.M. Stationery Office, 1954 - Nautical astronomy |
Contents
channels | 104 |
HANDLING SHIPS IN HEAVY WEATHER | 116 |
CHAPTER VII | 127 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
abaft ahead ALLEPPEY allow alongside amidships anchor back guy ballast beam berth bilge boat bollards bottom bows bulkheads buoy buoyancy cable capstan cargo carry centre of buoyancy centre of gravity compartments damage deck derrick destroyer diameter displacement distance dockyard draught dunnage effect engine ensure equipment factor of safety fairleads feet fire fitted flooding forecastle freeboard gear hauling hawsepipe hawser head heavy hold hull INCHES jetty keel knots KOZHIKODE length light load longitudinal manœuvre manoeuvring metacentric height mooring Officer-of-the-Watch officers omnopon plating port position possible propeller pumps reduced refit rigged RIVETS rollers rope rudder screw-effect seaplane secured shackled sheers ship's side single-screw ship sleigh spar speed stability starboard station steam steering stern stowage stowed stresses swing tackle tanks tons towing ship towrope transverse trim turn twin-screw usually vessel warships watertight waves weather weight WELDED wind wreck